Friday Lunch Sport, with Joe Mallon Motors: Renault & Dacia, Sallins Rd., Naas.

New GAA President Election; Airtricity Season Opens; O'Brien & Osborne in Leinster URC Team; Jockey Scudamore Retires; Kfm Weekend Preview, this evening, 6.30pm - GAA, Premier Lge & local soccer, rugby, Women's Superleague Basketball and racing.

The next President of the GAA will be elected tonight.

Armagh's Jarlath Burns, Niall Erskine of Donegal and Pat Teehan from Offaly are all in the running.

 

Kildare men’s and women’s football will complete preparations for the weekend League games against Clare and Louth respectively.

Kfm will have commentary of the men’s game and live updates of the women’s match; both throw in at 2pm on Sunday

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The Airtricity League season begins this evening.

St Patrick's Athletic are at home to Derry City

Promoted Cork City are home to Bohemians.

Shelbourne play Drogheda at Tolka Park;  Dundalk host UCD.

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 In the URC, Leaders Leinster are bidding to make it 14 successive wins when they host the Dragons tomorrow at 7.35pm

Eadestown’s Jimmy O’Brien starts the game at full-back, with Jordan Larmour and Dave Kearney on the wings.

Liam Turner and Naas’ Jamie Osborne are the centres

Harry Byrne and Luke McGrath are the half-backs.

Micheal Milne, John McKee and Michael Ala’alatoa are the front row.

Ross Molony and Brian Deeny are in the second row, with Rhs Ruddock, Scott Penny and Max Deegan the back row.

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Munster are home against Ospreys at 7.35pm tonight.

Ulster are away to Glasgow, also at 7.35pm

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Rory McIlroy is three shots off the lead, on four under, heading into day two at the PGA Tour's Genesis Invitational.

Shane Lowry is two-under, alongside Tiger Woods, with Seamus Power two shots further back.

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Jockey Tom Scudamore has announced his retirement from the saddle with immediate effect.

The 40-year-old made the decision to call time on his riding career after being unseated at Leicester yesterday.

He told the Daily Mail: "I had a concussion 10 days ago and I have been concussed a few times in the past. At my age you have to be careful. I feel I have had a bit of a warning and falls I could take in the past are harder to take now.

Scudamore rode over 1,500 winners during his career.

Today’s racing is in Dundalk from five-to-four.

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Reminder to join Paul Power this evening for the Weekend Preview of all the Kildare weekend sport: GAA, Premier League and local soccer; URC and AIL rugby, Women’s Superleague basketball and racing.